Hamilton



R. HAMILTON. ROAD SGRAPBR.

No. 105,567. Patented July 19, 1870.

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"Letters-Patent No. 105,567, dated Ja ly 19,?1870.

IMPROVEMENT 11v ROAD-SCRAPERS:

v The Schedule referred toin these Letters Patent and miiing pm't of the same.

scraper patented to me on the 26th day of January,

1869, and the 18th day of January,- 1870, and relates to a construction of runners. and frame which greatly increases the eflioiencynnd durability of the implement.

General Desc-riptioaamth Reference to the'Dra w'mg. Figure 1 is a side elevation of a road-scrapcrembodying my invention, the scoop being locked, one of the handles 'being broken off, and the scoop being shown in section. a

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the same, the scoop being released, and a portion of one handle removed.

The beam A A A is of iron, and consistsof a. curved bar, A, which, toward its rear end, separates into two-branches, A A, as represented. Y

To the branches A A" are pivoted-two curved runners, B B, that are riveted or otherwise firmly united to the nnder'yside of the scoop or shoe 0, to whose curved rear portion the branches A A of the frame closelycorrespond and fit. v I f Of the two rods or braces D E, which serve to connect and stiffen the two branches A A", the lower rod D serves as a pintlcfor the hook or latch E, which holds the scoop, and the upper rod E. as a support for said latch in its open condition.

aforesaid, or by its gravity simply, as in the present illustration, and may be released by means of a tl'igf ger, G, connect-ed to said latch by a chain, H.

The handles I I may be of wood, and be attached front ends, ends. I p

The rnnners'B B'serve to stifi'enthe scoop, and to prevent its contact with the ground invtra-nsit from place toplacc,v(see fig. 1,) and limit the extentof its opening, (see fig. 2.) r

and by oblique-braces K K at their rear Claims. I claim herein as-new, and of my invention- 1. The described arrangement of curved and forked beams A A A, and curved-runners B. .B, fixed to the hnder sideof the scoop O.

r 2.. In combination. with the forked beam A A' A",

curved runners B B', and scoop G, the brace-rods 1) and E, and latch F. 'j

In testimony of which inyention I hereunto set my hand.

I ROBERT HAMILTON.

Wi tnesses:

ErHnAnr J EFFERY, i

C. DUNN.

The latch 1 may close by a; spring, as in my'patent to the beamby belt or riret'J, passing through their 

